Monty's Top Samurai Movies
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The list before your is the fruit of many years of reading about and watching samurai cinema. Moreover, as my main focus is on jidai-geki (i.e. Japanese period films set before 1868), and more specifically chanbara or sword fighting films, no crazy robot samurai anime will ever find its way here. The list will be expanded as I come across new goodies. All the titles in the list are available with English subs. Apart from the first ten titles, this list is unranked.
Hiroshi Inagaki's Miyamoto Musashi trilogy is not included here as I find Tomu Uchida's six part treatment of the same story vastly superior. In case anyone misses the Zatoichi films here, it's because they fall loosely into the genre of ninkyo-eiga. The one film in this great series I have included is that in which Zatoichi has this epic showdown against a samurai.
For discussion, reviews and even more viewing suggestions, check out the samurai film challenge thread here: http://s15.zetaboards.com/iCheckMovies/topic/7264539/1/
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Cette liste est le résultat de plusieurs années de lecture et de visionnage de films de samouraïs. Mon intention ayant été de me focaliser sur les films de chanbara classiques, vous n'y trouverez ici jamais aucun anime de robot fou samouraï. Si la trilogie sur Miyamoto Musashi de Hiroshi Inagaki ne figure pas dans la liste, c'est qu'il me semble que la version en six parties de Tomu Uchida lui est immensément supérieure.Vous n'y trouverez pas plus les films sur Zatoichi, la série correspondant plutôt au sous-genre ninkyo-eiga (littéralement "film de chevalerie"); le seul de ces films figurant dans la liste concerne celui où Zatoichi affronte un samouraï dans un duel mémorable.
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Kumonosu-jô
1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 top lists Check -
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Seppuku
1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check -
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Tsubaki Sanjûrô
1962 — a.k.a. Sanjuro, in 7 top lists Check -
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Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check -
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Kagemusha
1980, in 10 top lists Check -
28 -1
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
2010 — a.k.a. 13 Assassins, in 1 top list Check -
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Tasogare Seibei
2002 — a.k.a. The Twilight Samurai, in 10 top lists Check -
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Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
1967 — a.k.a. Samurai Rebellion, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dai-bosatsu tôge
1966 — a.k.a. The Sword of Doom, in 5 top lists Check -
56 -1
Kozure Ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru
1972 — a.k.a. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma
1972 — a.k.a. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, in 3 top lists Check -
58 -1
Kozure Ôkami: Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma
1972 — a.k.a. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, in 3 top lists Check -
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Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi
1945 — a.k.a. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, in 1 top list Check -
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Ninjô kami fûsen
1937 — a.k.a. Humanity and Paper Balloons, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sanbiki no samurai
1964 — a.k.a. Three Outlaw Samurai, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kiru
1968 — a.k.a. Kill!, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kedamono no ken
1965 — a.k.a. Sword of the Beast, in 2 top lists Check -
38 -1
Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo
1935 — a.k.a. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo, in 7 top lists Check -
49 -1
Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke
1965 — a.k.a. Samurai Spy, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shura
1971 — a.k.a. Demons, in 4 top lists Check -
51 -1
Mibu gishi den
2002 — a.k.a. When the Last Sword is Drawn, in 2 top lists Check -
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Kakushi ken oni no tsume
2004 — a.k.a. The Hidden Blade, in 0 top lists Check -
27 +1
Goyôkin
1969 — a.k.a. Goyokin, in 3 top lists Check -
43 -1
Shin Heike monogatari
1955 — a.k.a. Taira Clan Saga, in 5 top lists Check -
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Chiyari Fuji
1955 — a.k.a. Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, in 4 top lists Check -
47 -1
Ame agaru
1999 — a.k.a. After the Rain, in 0 top lists Check -
52 -1
Zatôichi chikemuri kaidô
1967 — a.k.a. Zatoichi Challenged, in 2 top lists Check -
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Samurai
1965 — a.k.a. Samurai Assassin, in 1 top list Check -
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Ansatsu
1964 — a.k.a. Assassination, in 2 top lists Check -
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Goyôkiba
1972 — a.k.a. Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, in 1 top list Check -
40 -1
Chûshingura
1962 — a.k.a. Chushingura, in 1 top list Check -
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Bushi no ichibun
2006 — a.k.a. Love and Honour, in 1 top list Check -
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Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme
1973 — a.k.a. Hanzo the Razor: The Snare, in 1 top list Check -
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Kiru
1962 — a.k.a. Destiny's Son, in 2 top lists Check -
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Akage
1969 — a.k.a. Red Lion, in 1 top list Check -
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Hitokiri
1969 — a.k.a. Tenchu!, in 1 top list Check -
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Jûsan-nin no shikaku
1963 — a.k.a. 13 Assassins, in 1 top list Check -
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Kiba Ôkaminosuke
1966 — a.k.a. Samurai Wolf I, in 2 top lists Check -
77 -1
Orochi
1925, in 0 top lists Check -
60 -1
Yagyû ichizoku no inbô
1978 — a.k.a. The Shogun's Samurai, in 1 top list Check -
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Fuefukigawa
1960 — a.k.a. The River Fuefuki, in 2 top lists Check -
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Adauchi
1964 — a.k.a. Revenge, in 1 top list Check -
95 -1
Yami no karyudo
1979 — a.k.a. Hunter in the Dark, in 1 top list Check -
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Dai satsujin
1964 — a.k.a. The Great Duel, in 1 top list Check -
39 -1
Kiba Ôkaminosuke: jigoku giri
1967 — a.k.a. Samurai Wolf II, in 1 top list Check -
76 -1
Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri
1966 — a.k.a. The Secret of the Urn, in 1 top list Check -
50 -1
Fûrin kazan
1969 — a.k.a. Under the Banner of Samurai, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Mar 28, 2024 by monty;